Racine High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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'26 Basket Ball Fighting like a pack of frenzied Nlohammedans anxious to please Allah hiv slaying a few hundred false he- lieversn, the gang came from hehind. tied the score, and swarmed all over Nladison Central High School's highly touted hasketeers in an overtime period hy a I7-13 margin. Nladison Central at the time was supposed to he one of the strongest teams in the league, and the win hy the local warriors seemed to put the championship on the ice. On February 20 Chow can any of us K- , If .Z 1, CAPT- ever forget that datej Kenosha lligh C-APT. THIES CHRISTMAN upset the dope bucket, and trimmed the L f4fl'w K ' Coxmen hy a 20 to 15 count. The hunch had a nice lead in the opening minutes of the play: hut, spurred on lm-v traditional rivalry had a little speedy pass work, the Red- and Black came thru for the first win of the Conference season. The Southport aggregation had heen in a slump until it met the Coxmen. The victory over Racine gave it a new courage: for it defeated later in the season both Racine and Central, two of the highest rated schools in the conference race. The Triangle Club, a subsidary organization of the R. O. G. O. D. chartered a special car to take the local students to the game. The loss to Kenosha did not in the least dampen the local school's title aspirations. They invaded Maclistmn East on the following Friday all prepared to win, or at least make a good showing against the Capitol five. Somehow or other, the Easters managed to tiring through a I5-ll count for themselves. The guarding was exceedingly close in the game and scoring was kept down to a minority on both sides. Two weeks after the Racine lighting cagers dropped a match to the McCawmen, the iwu Schools met again, hut this time on the local's floor. The Racine gang was fighting an up-hill hattle all the way, and made subject to a last minute rally hy the invading organization, to lose the second lmattle to Kenosha High hiv a 2-t-17 count. Racine was rewarded for a season's efforts lay the announcement that they were chosen to enter the state lwasketliall preliminaries at Nlilwaukee. ln the opening battle against Pewaukee lligh School, Racine was again forced to how to a haskethall teaiii when they were nosed out of a sure victory hy 25 to 22 win. Fate again presented the locals with Kenosha lligh School's lmasketeers for an opponent when the two schools met for the third time for a lmattle in the district tourna- ment. Kenosha again came through with the win. The score stood at 19-I5 at the end nf the game, with the Bedmakers on the bulky end of the count. Racine ran rings H9611

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around the Southporters in the game but were again handicapped by weak scoring facilities. lVith the official close of the high school's basketball season, Coach Cox made the announcement that the local cagers would stage an appreciation game for Thor Poulsen. Kenosha High gladly consented to come to the local stronghold to help in showing the appreciation to the High School's former athlete and star. Poulsen has captained both football and track teams at the High School and is a holder of tive letters. The lV1cCawmen brought an excellent team and won a hard fought match from Racine's patched-up aggregation by 53-15 count. The red and black crew led all during the match, and had little trouble in disposing of the R. II. S. substitute squad. The old gang didn't do so had at that, did it? Opening their season against South Nlilwaukee high school, the Black and Gold warriors dropped a hard fought match to their opponents by a 2-1-14 count. The locals could not get a start against the Nlilwaukeeans and were trailing a bulky count at the half. After a long rest through the Christmas vacation, things loomed brighter for the Racine crew and when it battled lanesville's Blue basketeers, it tinished its tirst Big Six conflict with a 26-15 win. The Racine gang displayed a deadly eye for the old hoop and made many shots count during the tilt. After trailing for the majority of the game, the gang piled up its second conference win, by cleaning house with Beloit's high school cagers in a hard battle on the following Tuesday. The Line City crew held a 7-5 lead at the half but were forced to fall to a 19-7 final. 1n a hotly contested match which hnally wormed its way into an overtime period, the Racine squad hung up its third consecutive victory in the conference by defeating the speedy Madison East high school cagers by a 26-25 count. Captain Christman managed to drop in a free throw in the extra Session for the winning tally. On Saturday, February first, the old gang bumped into some stiff opposition and were forced to run into two overtime periods to trim Northwestern hlilitary Academy's outfit by a 20-19 count. The Embryo Soldiers trailed for the maiority of the game. but managed to come through in the final session for the knotted count. Christman producedagain with his faithful free throw and won the match. The biggest loss of the season came when Russ Oswald, Don Dunaway, and llarold Ross were handed a release by Old Man Graduationg in fact the release guaranteed a close of their high school campaign. The Three Musketeers were the mainstays of the team, and with their leaving via the diploma route, Coach Cox had to develop two gtgirds and a center. The next fracas proved to be the tirst Big Six defeat of the season. Ianesville lligh School, overflowing with a revengeful spirit, took the local sharpshooters into port with a 19-17 count. The reorganized team was working well, but lacked the necessary de- fensive. Williams, who was shifted into Oswa1d's place, proved to be the outstanding star of the matchg the rest of the team showed all the old tight,.but could not come through against the opposition. 1 l97l